Background
Woolfenden, Raymond was born on September 15, 1916 in Kopp, Virginia, United States. Son of Raymond Mardsen and Hattie Mae (Abel) Woolfenden.
Woolfenden, Raymond was born on September 15, 1916 in Kopp, Virginia, United States. Son of Raymond Mardsen and Hattie Mae (Abel) Woolfenden.
Student public schools.
Band musician on radio in Virginia, Ohio, North Carolina and Mississippi, since 1925. Route supervisor for bakeries and dairies, 1933-1940. Owner grocery store, restaurant and service station, Groveton, Virginia, 1940-1946.
President, owner Station WPWC, Dumfries, Virginia, since 1974.
Board of directors, treasurer Salvation Army of Prince William County.
Served with United States Army, 1945-1946. Member Association Country Entertainers, Reunionairs (Country music pioneers) (president), Country Air Personalities, Country Music Association, Country Music Entertainers and Musicians Benevolent Association, Veterans of Foreign Wars (former post commander), American Legion, Association (former post chairman, (15) Manitoba of Year awards Post 28, Dumfries 1982), United States Army. Lodges: Moose.
Married Doris Mae Lynch, February 15, 1953. Children: Mabel Irene, Raymond Wilson, Reginald Dale, Raynee Casmo, Casmere Sharlene, Ranier Dorine.